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Here is the Moccan language's vocabulary so far. Roots here are written down in the Latin alphabet rather than the Moccan alphabet.
Nouns[edit | edit source]
| Noun root | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| mqwshińh | "moccasin" | |
| ndziq' | "Moccan ring-shaped masculine genitalia" | Always in the plural form, ndziq't, due to an ancient taboo |
| ṯ'nhiwiʡhdłoʡ' | "Un-Existinator" | Composed of the roots ṯ'nh(e)-i-wiʡh-dłoʡ'. (cause to-not-exist-machine.) |
| mhoq'e | Planet Mocca CN-5 | |
| mhoq'esin | A "Mocca CN-5 Specimen 1" alien | Obviously derived from mhoq' |
| tso'l | "word" | |
| iq'd | "thing, object" | |
| iq'd-ǥreʢex'dzẖ | "cucumber" (if recently transformed) | Literally "thing which has been transformed into a cucumber." (if the thing was transformed fairly recently) |
| iq'd-ǥreʢex'dzokw' | "cucumber" (if transformed into a cucumber a long time ago, or never transformed at all) | Literally "thing which has been transformed into a cucumber" (if the thing was transformed a long time ago) |
| 'nḏ | "methane" | Uncountable. |
| ǥńsnexw | "shrine" | |
| ʕoł | "house" |
Verbs[edit | edit source]
| Verb root | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| -meqx̱'- | "to eat" | Can be either transitive or intransitive, i.e. can be used for either "X eats Y" or "X eats". |
| -oğw- | "to see" | Transitive. |
| -dx̱- | "to [be able to] see" | Intransitive. |
| -wiʡh- | "to exist" | Intransitive. |
| -jeǥw- | "to become" | Transitive. |
| -dz- | "to speak anally" | Intransitive. |
| -'wo'wo- | "to speak orally" | Intransitive. |
| -dzk- | "to speak anally [to something/someone] | Transitive. |
| -ł'ekxw'- | "to mock [someone/something], especially in an insulting manner" | Transitive. |
| -tigrh- | "to sin" | Intransitive. |
| -ǥreʢ- | "to transform into a cucumber" | Intransitive. |
| -ǥreʢk- | "to transform [someone/thing] into a cucumber" | Transitive. |
Adjectives[edit | edit source]
| Adjective root | ||
|---|---|---|
| ebosem | "insane" | |
| -gxe' | "big" | A suffix that is placed on nouns. |
| -mediǥ | "small" |
Prefixes and suffixes[edit | edit source]
| Pronominal prefixes on verbs | 1sg. | 1dl. | 1pl. exc. | 1pl. inc. | 2sg. | 2dl | 2pl. | 3sg an. | 3dl an. | 3pl an. | 3sg in. | 3dl in. | 3pl in. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As a subject | j- | kxw- | t'- | n- | ǥ- | k'- | m- | ts'- | kx- | ǥw- | ts- | tł'- | ń- |
| As an object | -sh(e)- | -xw(e)- | -th'(e)- | -n(e)- | -x̱(e)- | -x(e)- | -m(e)- | -s'(e)- | -x(e)- | -x̱w(e)- | -s(e)- | -ł'(e)- | -ń(e)- |
| Possessive prefixes | 1sg. | 1dl. | 1pl. excl. | 1pl. incl. | 2sg. | 2dl | 2pl. | 3sg an. | 3dl an. | 3pl an. | 3sg inan. | 3dl inan. | 3pl inan. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (are put before nouns | sh- | xw- | th'- | n- | x̱- | x- | m- | s'- | x- | x̱w- | s- | ł'- | ń- |
| Tense | Suffix |
|---|---|
| Distant past | -ok'w |
| Recent past | -ẖ |
| Present | -qws |
| Gnomic (neutral, anachronous) | (none) |
| In a hypothetical situation... | -x̱'d |
| Affix | English gloss | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| i- | "not" | Precedes pronominal prefixes. |
| ṯ'nh(e)- | (causative prefix) | |
| -dłsh | -er, one who does | |
| -dłoʡ' | tool/machine for doing | |
| -'ğch' | Creates a verbal noun | So that Dz! "[Anally] speak!" turns into dz'ğch' "[anal] speech." |
| -(e)'ʕ | "if" | Goes after the verb tense |
| VERB-(e)x'dz | "which has VERB" | Forms an adjective, and adjectives come after nouns in Moccan. |
| Meaning | Root | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Animate plural | -ṯ | |
| Inanimate plural | -t | |
| Dual | -ʡ' | |
| Ergative | -grwh | |
| Inhabitant of X | X-(e)sin | The "e" is dropped if the previous morpheme ends in a vowel. |
| In the manner of | -s'x̱w | |
| To be | -ẖsh | tso'l "word" becomes tso'lẖsh "is a word". Considered intransitive. The ergative suffix is ignored for -ẖsh-derived verbs, so "ʔK'âʞДe is a Moccan" is ts'mhoq'esinẖsh 'Yńhbsdłrkxw, rather than ts'mhoq'esinẖsh Yńhbsdłrkxwgrwh. |
| Non-possessive | Possessive (alienable) | Posessive (inalienable) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owned by/associated with an animate. | -∅- | -e- | -s- |
| Owned by/associated with inanimate. | -i- | -o- | -sh- |
ńe-ǥńsnexw i-mqwshińh-t (approximately "their-shrine 's.the-moccasin-s") "shrine of the moccasins"
mqwshińh-t-i ńe-ǥńsnexw (If the possessor comes before the possessed, the genitive is a suffix. If the possessor comes after the possessed (which is more common,) the genitive is a prefix.)